A local primary school went out to a stream to learn about the eco side of things. They had a water fight at the end. Water bombs were deemed to dangerous but they could throw wet sponges at each other.
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A local primary school went out to a stream to learn about the eco side of things. They had a water fight at the end. Water bombs were deemed to dangerous but they could throw wet sponges at each other.
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Re fire extinguishers ... something I've noticed a lot is that many are installed with the plastic tie that stops the pin accidentally being removed still attached. This means that when it's time to fight a fire, the pin is unable to be removed and you'll burn to a crispy pile on the floor. Go and check some extinguishers. You will be surprised.Originally Posted by Tazz
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Ah the joys of a small company... A lot of other useful people would be employed before an H&S person was annoying us.
That said, we have clients which require the full protocols and we have to sign away our lives* as contractors. The risk is real (including one client having an appearance on one of those medical shows as a staff member was injured) but hey, that's someone else's problem
* Ok, we don't actually sign away our lives, we're informed where the kettle is, as it's dangerous
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Yep. Universities are shocking. I was creating some new policies a few years ago and researched what other people had done. Universities seem to approach it as an academic exercise and produce very long, comprehensive documents ... but there's so much extraneous crap in them that it's to imagine anyone actually reading them.
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One site I know of requires visitors to have long sleeves so you don't get sunburn
I mentioned vegetables once, but I think I got away with it...........
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The sun?One site I know of requires visitors to have long sleeves so you don't get sunburn
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It should be easy to snap the plastic tie by twisting the pin as you pull it out. I came across someone who had snipped it off and the pin fell out. You could perhaps replace the tie with a rubber band, I suppose.
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learn how to use a fire extinguisher cunt. Twist it and the fucken thing snaps off. Theyre there as tamper-evident seals so office tards cant hit the fucken nos on their swivel chairs down the hall.
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For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.Keep an open mind, just dont let your brains fall out.
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Auckland Transport come to mind , now there are a bunch of total fucking morons. They are so full of their own importance with an ounce of luck they will disappear up their own arse. One of my pet hates, total , total , fucktards.One site I know of requires visitors to have long sleeves so you don't get sunburn
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That is why so many of us have so little regard for the work safe regime. A one size fits all regime created by shiney arses in parliament most of whom have never got dirty in their lives, &, adminstered by more shiney arses who would not have a clue.. I tried to get answers from work safe recently . Does a forklift require a Rops cert ?? Might as well have talked to the wall. They don't by the way, Fletchers bullshit again.
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Not in Ye Olde Dayes.
When I was doing my MSc, we were using some truly gnarsty chemicals to separate and wash minerals: tetrabromoethane and washed with carbon tetrachloride. The samples were dried in cabinet clothes dryers, venting directly into the lab. Smelled really SWEEEET, so we didn't worry about it too much. Then (after weeks of that) came the report that several guys in the US had died from the same procedure. So, the dryers were thereafter vented into the fume cabinets. Then there was the time someone dropped a full bottle of some organic solvent (can't remember offhand - possibly due to chemical exposure - what it was), but to clean it up in a hurry, it was a quick mop-up with paper towels.
Happy days!
Oh - worked in a lab for 9 years after that - no problems, as everything was set up properly, with the main lab room set up with automatic isolation, showers, etc. (apart from fumecupboards that vented straight to the atmosphere). We used lots of ether though - good for a quick buzz. Probably part of the reason I had to fire one of the technicians (who was a bit of a recreational druggie).
That reminds me of my (not so) dear departed Dad. Many decades ago, he went to Auckland uni. One day, he was working in a lab that had a view of the street. They were watching a guy riding past on a motorbike; his trench coat was flapping around, and suddenly got caught in the back wheel. It winched him off the back of the bike, which so startled the girl next to my dad that she dropped the flask she was holding. It smashed the rest of the glassware, and showered her with chemicals, so they bunged her under the emergency shower, which made some of her clothes disintegrate.
The topper was they had to pay for all the broken glassware.
... and that's what I think.
Or summat.
Or maybe not...
Dunno really....
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Wot ,, working for some cranky old ginga !!! Hi Neil
Born to be mild
Funny how two responses that give the same answer can be delivered so differently.
I'll twist one of those bands tomorrow on a spare extinguisher I have by my desk and see what happens. If it works then I've learned something. Nevertheless, I'll still be cutting the plastic when extinguishers are installed. I ambushed a colleague one day, gave him a small extinguisher and told him he had 10 seconds to get it ready to use. A couple of seconds to look at it, a couple of seconds to try and pull the pin out and then the rest of the time trying to break the plastic security band. Unsuccesfully.
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